Any universe that could have preceded consciousness only existed in a probability state.

I do not think that there is a reputable scientist on this planet who would advocate using this technology to generate a human child as was just announced.

In whatever form it takes, life sings because it has a song. The meaning is in the lyrics.

For example, if the big bang had been one-part-in-a billion more powerful, it would have rushed out too fast for the galaxies to form and for life to begin.

Reality is observer-determined - it's a spatio-temporal process, which fortunately means that things must change.

Our science fails to recognize those special properties of life that make it fundamental to material reality. This view of the world - biocentrism - revolves around the way a subjective experience, which we call consciousness, relates to a physical process. It is a vast mystery and one that I have pursued my entire life.

In fact when you combine stem cell technology with the technology known as tissue engineering you can actually grow up entire organs, so as you suggest that sometime in the future you get in an auto accident and lose your kidney, we'd simply take a few skin cells and grow you up a new kidney. In fact this has already been done.